Smoke shop robbed in Ventura

A man entered the Wild Side Smoke Shop at 608 E. Main St. about 9 p.m., loitered for several minutes and then asked the clerk to see tobacco-related merchandise from a display case, police said.

The clerk retrieved the items and gave them to the man, police said. The man then brandished a large knife, threatened the clerk, took the merchandise and left, police said. He was last seen walking west on Main near Chestnut Street, police said.

No one was injured. Anyone with information on the case should call police at 339-4441.